Opinion: Match & Show Ratings for November 8 to November 14

Welcome to TPWW’s Emperor Smeat’s Match and Show Ratings for the week of November 8th to November 14th.

Match and show star ratings (out of 5):

WWE

WWE RAW (November 9)
* Survivor Series Team RAW Men’s Qualifier Triple Threat – Elias vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Riddle – 3.0
* Lana vs. Shayna Baszler – 1.0
* Special Guest Referee Tag Team match – Riddle & Keith Lee vs. Sheamus & Braun Strowman – 3.0
* United States Championship – Titus O’Neil vs. Bobby Lashley (c) – 1.0 (Squash)
* Asuka vs. Nia Jax – 1.5
* 24/7 Championship 7-way match – Akira Tozawa vs. Drew Gulak vs. Erik vs. Tucker vs. Gran Metalik vs. Lince Dorado vs. R-Truth (c) – 1.0
* Mustafa Ali vs. Ricochet – 3.5
* Randy Orton, The Miz, & John Morrison vs. New Day & Drew McIntyre – 2.5
Overall – 1.5
Best – Mustafa Ali vs. Ricochet match.
Worst – Team RAW Men’s in-ring promo segment.
Show Notes – Opening Miz TV segment was dull. Elias vs. Hardy vs. Riddle was pretty good. AJ Styles & Sheamus interview segment was decent. Retribution promo segment was okay. Team RAW Men’s promo segment was boring and dragged too much. Riddle & Lee vs. Sheamus & Strowman was pretty good, especially the latter half. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross segment was decent. MVP, Lashley, and O’Neil promo segment was decent. Lana keeping her table breaking streak alive was the only interesting thing about the women’s stuff tonight. The 24/7 title match might have been the most useless one in the title’s history so far. Ali vs. Ricochet was very good despite Ricochet losing via being dumb. 6-man tag match was decent. This week’s RAW was a mostly dull episode.

NXT (November 11)
* NXT North American Championship – Leon Ruff vs. Johnny Gargano (c) – 2.0
* NXT Cruiserweight Championship – Jake Atlas vs. Santos Escobar (c) – 3.5
* Raquel Gonzalez vs. Xia Li – N/A
* Toni Storm vs. Candice LeRae – 3.0
* Timothy Thatcher vs. Dexter Lumis – 2.5
* NXT Tag Team Championship – Breezango vs. Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan (c) – 3.0
Overall – 3.5
Best – NXT Cruiserweight Championship match.
Worst – Boa’s segment with Raquel Gonzalez and the stuff with the dragon and mysterious old guy afterwards,
Show Notes – Opening Gargano’s Wheel of Challengers segment and North American title match were decent at best although not a fan of the title’s recent booking. Cruiserweight title match was very good despite the awkward finish. Lumis’ zombie ref and Grimes drawing was cool. Shotzi Blackheart promo vignette was okay. Everything about Boa’s segment was dumb. Storm vs. LeRae was pretty good. Indi Hartwell’s unmasking reveal was flat. Breezango promo segment was fine. Thatcher vs. Lumis was an okay grapple-based bout. Gargano & William Regal backstage segment was decent. Tommaso Ciampa’s promo segment was good. Io Shirai vs. Rhea Ripley hype video was great. Pat McAfee has easily become one of the best ever promo givers in NXT history during his short time on the brand. NXT Tag title match was pretty good. This week’s episode was enjoyable overall.

Friday Night SmackDown (November 13)
* Intercontinental Championship – Apollo Crews vs. Sami Zayn – 2.0
* Dolph Ziggler vs. Otis – 2.0
* No Holds Barred match – Seth Rollins vs. Rey Mysterio – 3.5
* Survivor Series Team SmackDown Women’s Qualifier Fatal Four-way match – Natayla vs. Liv Morgan vs. Tamina vs. Chelsea Green – 1.5
* Unsanctioned match – Drew McIntyre vs. Jey Uso – 3.0
Overall – 2.5
Best – Seth Rollins vs. Rey Mysterio match.
Worst – Survivor Series Team SmackDown Women’s Qualifier Fatal Four-way match.
Show Notes – Opening Roman Reigns, McIntyre, & Uso promo segment was entertaining. McIntyre and Adam Pearce backstage segment and Rey Mysterio interview segment were both decent. SmackDown Women’s title segment was decent. Chad Gable potentially becoming a manager for Otis is very interesting but going to laugh if its just simply Otis getting put right back into a tag team. Rollins vs. Mysterio was very good and this Mysterio Family feud with Rollins finally being over is the best thing to happen for it in months. Women’s Fatal Four-way match was very dull. Big E & Street Profits segment was okay. McIntyre vs. Uso was pretty good. This week’s episode was mostly decent overall.

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AEW

AEW Dark (November 10)
* TNT (Terrell & Terrence Hughes) vs. Chaos Project – 2.5
* Louie Valle & Justin Blax vs. The Acclaimed – 2.0 (Squash)
* Baron Black & Frankie Thomas vs. Top Flight (Darius & Daunte Martin) – 2.5
* Adam Priest & Shawn Dean vs. The Hybrid2 – 3.0
* Ashton Starr & David Ali vs. Lucha Bros – 2.5 (Squash)
* Dani Jordan vs. Leva Bates – 1.5
* Fuego Del Sol vs. Alan “5” Angels – 2.5
* Dream Girl Ellie & Jennacide vs. Ivelisse & Diamante – 2.5
* Sonny Kiss & Joey Janela vs. Jurassic Express – 3.0
Overall – 2.5
Best – Adam Priest & Shawn Dean vs. The Hybrid2 match.
Worst – Dani Jordan vs. Leva Bates match.
Show Notes – Opening TNT vs. Chaos Project match was decent. Max Caster’s pre-match rap was wonderful. Daunte Martin got some amazing height with his leap counter spot. Peter Avalon’s dinner in an elevator segment was funny. Priest & Dean vs. Hybrid2 was pretty good. Starr & Ali vs. Lucha Bros was a very entertaining squash match. Ellie’s Dragon Ball Z-esque entrance gear is cool. Kiss & Janela vs. Jurassic Express was pretty good despite some sloppy moments. This week’s episode was mostly average but enjoyable overall.

AEW Dynamite (November 11)
* Brian Cage vs. Matt Sydal – 3.0
* Bunkhouse match – The Butcher & The Blade vs. The Natural Nightmares – 3.5
* Shawn Spears vs. Scorpio Sky – 3.0
* Toni Conti vs. Red Velvet – 2.0
* Fenix vs. Penta El Zero Mero – 4.0
Overall – 4.0
Best – Fenix vs. Penta El Zero Mero match and PAC’s return.
Worst – Latter half of the Tay Conti vs. Red Velvet match.
Show Notes – New show intro video and match graphics look cool. Opening Taz promo, Cage vs. Sydal, and Ricky Starks post-match promo were pretty good. Cody, Jade Cargill, Brandi promo segment with Taz crew & Darby Allin brawl afterwards was an entertaining train wreck. Jon Moxley interview segment was good. Bunkhouse match was very good and yikes at Blade’s crimson mask. Matt Hardy promo segment was decent. MJF Inner Circle Induction ceremony was amazing. Young Bucks interview segment was okay. Spears vs. Sky was pretty good despite the flat ending. Kenny Omega interview segment was very good. Conti vs. Velvet was decent despite being a bit sloppy. Sammy Guevara not being dead was the biggest surprise of the night. Fenix vs. Penta was amazing, especially the latter half. PAC’s surprise return was great. This week’s episode was very enjoyable overall.

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NJPW & OTHER

NJPW Strong (November 13)
* Adrian Quest & Alex Zayne vs. Blake Christian & ACH – 3.0
* “Filthy” Tom Lawlor vs. Fred Rosser – 3.5
* Chase Owens, Tanga Loa, & Jay White vs. Karl Fredericks, Brody King, & Juice Robinson – 3.0
* Tama Tonga vs. PJ Black – 2.5
Overall – 3.0
Best – “Filthy” Tom Lawlor vs. Fred Rosser match.
Worst – Tama Tonga vs. PJ Black match.
Show Notes – Opening Quest & Zayne vs. Christian & ACH match was pretty good. Lawlor vs. Rosser was one of the best matches in NJPW Strong history. 6-man tag match was pretty good. Tonga vs. Black was decent. This week’s episode was one of NJPW Strong’s best shows so far.

Talk n’ Shop A Mania 2 (November 13)
* Rory Fox & Rimjob vs. Brian Myers & Swoggle – 2.0
* Frankie Coverdale vs. Freight Train – 1.5 (Squash)
* Roll Undershed Match – 2.5
* George North vs. “Nature Boy” Paul Lee – 2.0
* Lucha Death Match – Team Chavo Guerrero vs. Team Chico El Luchador – 3.0
* Ball for a Ball Match – Chad 2 Badd vs. Sex Ferguson – 3.5
Overall – 4.0
Best – Ball for a Ball match.
Worst – Frankie Coverdale vs. Freight Train match.
Show Notes – Opening animated intro and Chris Jericho as Clint Bobski rant segment was funny. The Retribution parody was hilarious. 15 minutes or so into the show and its already way dumber and funnier than the first show was. Paul Heyman & Brock Lesnar parody with Ball Lameman & Freight Train was funny. RAW Underground parody match was amazing in terms of comedy. Bootleg Evolution group was great. The pre-match team selection and the part live action, part animated comedic cinematic Lucha Death Match was very entertaining. The Detective Gregory Helms segments were pretty good overall. The crying “It’s Still Real to Me, Dammit” guy showing up during the final match was amazing. Ball for a Ball match was one of the dumbest and best comedic matches I’ve ever seen. Talk n’ Shop A Mania 2 was a very entertaining comedic wrestling show overall.

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Week awards:

• Best match of the week – Fenix vs. Penta El Zero Mero (AEW Dynamite)
• Worst match of the week – TIE – Lana vs. Shayna Baszler and 24/7 Championship 7-way match (WWE RAW)
• Best show of the week – Talk n’ Shop A Mania 2
• Worst show of the week – WWE RAW